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MySQL LOCALTIMESTAMP

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MySQL LOCALTIMESTAMP or Localtimestamp() are the two Date Functions, used to return the current date & time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.

In this article, we will show you, How to use these Localtimestamp function in MySQL to get local Date & Time with example.

MySQL LOCALTIMESTAMP Syntax

The basic syntax of the local time stamp in MySQL is as shown below:

LOCALTIMESTAMP;

LOCALTIMESTAMP();

TIP: Both these local timestamp functions are the synonyms of NOW() function. All these three functions will return the same output.

MySQL LOCALTIMESTAMP Example

The following statements will shows you, how to use these MySQL local timestamp functions.

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP;

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP();

SELECT NOW();

OUTPUT

MySQL LOCALTIMESTAMP Function 1

As you can see from the above, the three statements returns the local date and time stamp in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.

Below statements show you, what happens when add few seconds or random value to the MySQL localtimestamp() function.

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP, LOCALTIMESTAMP + 22;

SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP(), LOCALTIMESTAMP() + 15;

SELECT DATEDIFF(LOCALTIMESTAMP(), '2019-01-01');

OUTPUT

MySQL LOCALTIMESTAMP Function 2

From the above screenshot, you can see the function added those extra seconds and displaying the date in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS string format

Within the Last statement, we used the Datediff function to find the difference between the local time stamp and the custom date ‘2019-01-01’

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